Yoshifumi KondÅ (è¿'è—¤ 喜文, KondÅ Yoshifumi, March 31, 1950 â€"
January 21, 1998) was a Japanese animator who worked for Studio Ghibli
in his last years. He was born in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He
worked as an animation director on Anne of Green Gables, Sherlock
Hound, Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday and Princess Mononoke.
KondÅ directed the animated film Whisper of the Heart, and was
expected to become one of the top directors at Studio Ghibli,
alongside Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and to become their
eventual successor.KondÅ died of aortic dissection â€" alternately
aneurysm â€" in 1998. His death seems to be the main reason for Hayao
Miyazaki's first announcement of retirement in 1998, although Miyazaki
later returned to Studio Ghibli.KondÅ was born in Gosen, Niigata
Prefecture, Japan on March 31, 1950. He entered Niigata Prefectural
Muramatsu High School in April, 1965, where he was a member of the art
club. His senpai was the future manga artist Kimio Yanagisawa. In
April, 1968, he moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school,
where he entered Tokyo Design College's animation department. On
October 1, 1968, he began working at A Production (formerly Shin'ei
DÅ ga), participating in the production of such shows as Kyojin no
Hoshi and Lupin III. Kondo moved to Nippon Animation in June 1978,
participating in the production of such shows as Future Boy Conan and
Anne of Green Gables.In 1978, he co-authored a textbook for beginning
animators titled Animation Book (アニメーション㠮本
AnimÄ"shon no Hon). He moved to Telecom Animation Film on December 16,
1980, where he worked as the character designer for Sherlock Hound. On
March 16, 1985, KondÅ resigned from his position at Telecom Animation
Film, and was hospitalized from June through August for a type of
pneumonia (自然気胸 shizen kikyŠ). He became a contract worker
for Nippon Animation afterwards and moved to Studio Ghibli in January,
1987. In 1995, he made his directorial debut with the film Whisper of
the Heart. On January 21, 1998, he died suddenly of an aortic
dissection in the Tachikawa City Hospital in Tokyo at age 47. Doctors
said that the aneurysm had been brought on by overwork.
January 21, 1998) was a Japanese animator who worked for Studio Ghibli
in his last years. He was born in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. He
worked as an animation director on Anne of Green Gables, Sherlock
Hound, Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday and Princess Mononoke.
KondÅ directed the animated film Whisper of the Heart, and was
expected to become one of the top directors at Studio Ghibli,
alongside Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and to become their
eventual successor.KondÅ died of aortic dissection â€" alternately
aneurysm â€" in 1998. His death seems to be the main reason for Hayao
Miyazaki's first announcement of retirement in 1998, although Miyazaki
later returned to Studio Ghibli.KondÅ was born in Gosen, Niigata
Prefecture, Japan on March 31, 1950. He entered Niigata Prefectural
Muramatsu High School in April, 1965, where he was a member of the art
club. His senpai was the future manga artist Kimio Yanagisawa. In
April, 1968, he moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school,
where he entered Tokyo Design College's animation department. On
October 1, 1968, he began working at A Production (formerly Shin'ei
DÅ ga), participating in the production of such shows as Kyojin no
Hoshi and Lupin III. Kondo moved to Nippon Animation in June 1978,
participating in the production of such shows as Future Boy Conan and
Anne of Green Gables.In 1978, he co-authored a textbook for beginning
animators titled Animation Book (アニメーション㠮本
AnimÄ"shon no Hon). He moved to Telecom Animation Film on December 16,
1980, where he worked as the character designer for Sherlock Hound. On
March 16, 1985, KondÅ resigned from his position at Telecom Animation
Film, and was hospitalized from June through August for a type of
pneumonia (自然気胸 shizen kikyŠ). He became a contract worker
for Nippon Animation afterwards and moved to Studio Ghibli in January,
1987. In 1995, he made his directorial debut with the film Whisper of
the Heart. On January 21, 1998, he died suddenly of an aortic
dissection in the Tachikawa City Hospital in Tokyo at age 47. Doctors
said that the aneurysm had been brought on by overwork.
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